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This absolutely haunting love song was specially requested by a bride for this past Saturday's wedding!
Information and lyrics on the song are below!
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Do you think I'd give up
That this might've shook the love from me
Or that I was on the brink
How could you think darling I'd scare so easily?
Now that it's done
There's not one thing that I would change
My life was a storm
Since I was born
How could I fear any hurricane?
If someone asked me at the end
I'll tell them put me back in it
Darling, I would do it again
If I could hold you for a minute
Darling, I'd go through it again
I would still be surprised I could find you, darling
In any life
If I could hold you for a minute
Darling, I would do it again
For all that was said
Of where we'd end up at the end of it
When the heart would cease
Ours never knew peace
What good would it be on the far side of things?
But it was too soon
When that part of you was ripped away
A grip taking hold
Like a cancer that grows
Each piece of your body that it takes
Though I know my heart would break
I'll tell them put me back in it
Darling, I would do it again
If I could hold you for a minute
Darling, I'd go through it again
I would still be surprised I could find you, darling
In any life
If I could hold you for a minute
Darling, I would do it again
I would not change it each time
Heaven is not fit to house a love
Like you and I
I would not change it each time
Heaven is not fit to house a love
Like you and I
I would not change it each time
Heaven is not fit to house a love
Like you and I
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From www.songfacts....
"Francesca" is the debut single from Hozier's third studio album, Unreal Unearth. The track is inspired by Dante Alighieri's 14th century epic poem, Inferno, the initial part of The Divine Comedy, which portrays the journey of the soul towards God in three parts. The song is about Francesca da Rimini, a beautiful noblewoman from Ravenna who finds herself condemned to the second circle of Hell for her sins.
In Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, the story of Francesca da Rimini unfolds within the depths of the second circle of Hell, as depicted in Canto V. This circle, the second out of nine progressively severe circles of Hell, is known as the circle of Lust. It's a place where souls are punished for their uncontrolled desires and lustful actions during their mortal lives.
As Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, descend into Hell, they encounter a whirlwind of souls perpetually swept up in its tormenting winds. Among them, Dante notices two figures locked in an eternal embrace, desperately caught in their insatiable passion.
Approaching them, Dante recognizes Francesca, who, with great sorrow and anguish, begins to recount her tragic story. She reveals that she was married off to Giovanni Malatesta, the deformed brother of her true love, Paolo Malatesta. Francesca and Paolo, bound by their shared love and desire, found solace in secret meetings, concealed behind the veil of forbidden romance.
In the depths of their longing, the two lovers read the tale of Lancelot and Guinevere, the renowned Arthurian adulterous couple. It was during one of these moments, while immersed in the romantic narrative, that their passions overwhelmed them and they succumbed to their desires, sealing their fate.
Francesca's husband, Giovanni, discovered their illicit affair. Consumed by rage and betrayal, he confronted them, bringing their forbidden love affair to a brutal end. In a violent act of jealousy, Giovanni murdered the lovers, sending them into eternal damnation.
As Francesca concludes her heart-wrenching account, Dante, deeply moved by her tragic fate, faints in overwhelming pity and sorrow. When he awakens, he finds himself in the third circle of Hell, leaving behind the anguished souls of the second circle.
Here, Hozier explore themes of love, desire and commitment singing from the perspective of Francesca da Rimini.
In the fiery depths of damnation, Francesca, undeterred by their eternal sentence, refuses to lament their forbidden affair. She would do it all over again, unyielding in her desire to rewrite their actions.
I'd tell them, "Put me back in it"
Da-ah, darlin', I would do it again (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
If I could hold you for a minute
Da-ah, darlin', I'd go through it again
She willingly forfeits any chance of ascending beyond hell, sacrificing it all for the fleeting moments spent with Paolo. The intensity of their love eclipses the agony of eternal torment, even in the face of premature death at a tender age.
8 сен 2024
